Prof. Jairos Kangira

Positions:

Background

Prof Kangira is an internationally renowned scholar in rhetoric. His other research interests are in applied linguistics and literature in English. He has published works in these areas and supervised doctoral and Master’s students. His passion in transforming minds through education, a task has been professionally carrying out for the past 33 years.

Qualifications:

PhD in Rhetoric Studies (University of Cape Town)

MPhil in Linguistics, BA Special Hons in Linguistics, Cert. in Education (University of Zimbabwe)

2015

Articles in Journals

Mlambo, N., Kangira, J. & Smit, T.C. (2015). Critical reflections on surviving against all odds in Valerie Tagwira’s The Uncertainty of Hope. International Journal of Language and Linguistics 2(2).

2013

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2013). Remembering or re-membering? Life-writing and the politics of narration in Morgan Tsvangirai’s autobiography At the deep End (2011). . Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences 2(2). 15-26.

2012

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2012). An analysis of Bishop Dumeni’s four funeral speeches in the pre-independence era in Namibia. African Journal of Rhetoric 7. 120-157.

Kangira, J. (2012). An analysis of the rhetoric and humour in Dudley’s political cartoons . International Journal of studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(6). 63-74.

Kangira, J. (2012). Views and preferences of parents, teachers and principals on the implementation of the language policy in primary schools in Namibia:: An explorative study of the Khomas region. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.1 (No.2).

2011

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2011). An Analysis of English Errors made by Polytechnic of Namibia students . Nawa Journal of Language and Communication Vol. 4/5.

2009

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2009). The girl child is not a ‘hen that wants to be a cock’:: A short survey of the portrayal of the girl-child in Alumenda’s selected children’s books . Nawa Journal of language and Communication, Vol. 3 (No. 2).

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2008). An investigation into insults used by some secondary school teachers in Zimbabwe:: An alternative to corporal punishment. Journal of Language and Communication (JLC). Papua New Guinea University of Science and Technology.

2007

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2007). The Sun That Never Rose:: A Rhetorical Analysis of the July 2006 ‘Sunrise of currency Reform’ Monetary Policy Review issued by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. . Nawa Journal of Language and Communication Vol. 2(No. 2). (ISSN 1993-3835).

2005

Monographies

Articles in Edited Volumes

Kangira, J. & Mudzingwa, C. (2005). “Intruder in Room 13”. In: short story in Creatures Great and Small (2005). s.l.: s.n.; pp.40-46.

Kangira, J. (2005). “Licked blood”. In: short story in Creatures Great and Small (2005). s.l.: s.n.; pp,47-57.

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2005). Negative Advertising as a strategy for influence in the 2002 presidential election campaign in Zimbabwe in Zambezia. The Journal of Humanities a of the University of Zimbabwe Vol. 32(No. 1&2). (ISSN; 0-908307-86-1) .

2004

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (2004). Split Intransitivity in Kalanga in Zambezia: . The Journal of Humanities a of the University of Zimbabwe .

Articles in Journals

Kangira, J. (n.d.). Challenges of the implementation of language policies in Southern Africa: What is the way forward? . Inkanyiso Vol. 8(No. 107).

Kangira, J. (n.d.). Critical reflection on surviving against all odds in Valerie Tagwira’s the Uncertainty of Hope. International Journal of Language and Linguistics 2 (2). 48-56.

Kangira, J. (n.d.). Lecturers’ and students’ Perceptions and preferences about ESL corrective feedback in Namibia: Towards an intervention model. World Journal of English Language.

Kangira, J. (n.d.). Women characters in Sifiso Nyathi’s play God of women, and William Shakespeare’s Othello:: A comparative exploration. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 3((1&2)). 23-43.

Kangira, J. (n.d.). “An offence to be Black and Human”: : A rhetorical engagement of Mvula ya Nangolo’s imaginative views of Namibia’s war of liberation in the poetry collection Watering the Beloved Desert. . Tsebo Journal of Humanities: Special Issue, 2(4). 161-170.